Golf bag



Patented Jan. 10, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT ,ortiesv EDW'ARD J'. BRAUER, OF UNVRSITY CITY, MISSOUR, ASSG'NOR '10 BRAUER BROS.

MFG. co., or sr. LoUIs, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION or MISSOURI.

GOLF .'BAG.

Application ed February 18, 1924:.A Serial'NO. 693,520.

This invention relates to golf bags ada-pted for the handling and carrying of golf clubs, etc.

A golf bag is rather a long structure and accordingly'is unwieldy to carry. `Accordingly it is usually dragged along the ground by a handle fastened thereto, especially where no caddy accompanies the player. ln orderto reduce the weight, thematerial of which the bag is coniposed of is ordinarily light, being usually composed of canvas or light leather, and stays are, therefore, provided in order to hold the bag in shape. A handle is arranged at vthe upper end of the bag by which this bag can be carried, but

' due to the fact that theL device is unwieldy, the attachment of a handle to the body subjects the connection to such strains as to not only distort the bag, but also tear the kconnections of .the handle to the bag body.V

One of the objects of this invention, therefore, is to provide a golf bag which is not only suitably stayed to keep its shape, Vbut is also so constructed that it can be transported without permanent distortion. 1

Another object is to connect a handle to the body and the stays in such va manner that the stresses are transmitted over a large part of the bag body and directly to they stays.

Another object is to providea golf bag which is simple in constructiompneat in appearance and economical to manufacture.

Further objects will appear from the detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which: Y

Figure l is an elevation of a golf Vbag embodying this invention, the carrying strap being out away to show the handle and its connections; and Y Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2, Figure l. y i.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, 1 designatesthe body of ay golf bag, Vwhich body may be of any suitable material, such as canvas, although it may be of leather, The bottom and top may be formed in any suitable and usual manner, the usual bottom band 2 and the usual top band 3 being provided, While a ring 4 surrounds the open end. Metallicstays 5 in leather pockets 6 stitched to the body connect the top and bot-` toni bands, these stays being riveted to the :gether above and below the brace.

band 3 as shown at 7 andS respectively. Stitched to the body and dropping from the top band 3 is a reinforcement 9 which may be of leather and to which is attached the handle l0, as well as the carrying strap ll. A strap l2 passing lui'iderneath the reinforce 'nient and attached thereto may also surround the body. A hanger loop 13 mayalso be attached to the band provided. In fact, the parts so far described may be of any usual and suitable construe-I tion', and further description thereof is therefore, unnecessary;

The bottom of the handle Vpasses through a. slit inthe reinforcement Quand against thev canvasand is secured by rivets 16 passing through` the reinforcement, the handle and the body. The top of the handle also passes througha similar slit and is secured by rivets 17 also passing through the handle, the reinforcement and the body. Ar ranged, however, at the handle connection is a transverse brace 18 which passes underneath the reinforcement 9 and between it 3 by rivets li. A` pocket of usual construction may also'be and the end of the handle and is secured It will, therefore, be seen that the handle f lO and its reinforcement 9 are not only attached to the body of the bag, but they are also att-ached to the stays through the medi-V um of the brace. A firm structure is, therefoi-e, provided which,` while it does not add materially to the weight of the bag, provides a means for distributing the connection be-y tween the handle and the body over a large part of the body. Accordingly the bag can be handled andeven dragged, and given considerable'wear without undue distortion to the body.

e It is obvious that various changes may be made in details of construction without departing from the spirit of this invention;

it is, therefore, to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to the specific details shown and described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

l. A golt' bag comprising, an elongated body provided with a top band and having stays therealong, a handleattached to said body below said top band and intermediate a pair of stays, and a transverse brace connected inedially With said handle and at its ends to said stays.

2. A golf bag comprising, an elongated tubular body having stays therealong, a re* intorcernent extending therealong, a handle attached to said reinforcement, and a trans-Y verse brace connected niedially with said reinforcement and at its ends to said body stays.

3. A goltl bag comprising, an elongated body having stays therealong, a reinforcenient extending therealong between a pair or stays, a handle attached to said reintorcement, and a transverse brace connected inedially With said reinforcement and at its ends to said body stays.

4L. In a golf bag having an elongated tubular body and a pair ot stays extending along said body, the combination with a rigid brace extending transversely of said body and attached at each end to one of said stays, and a handle attached at its lower end to said body and at its upper end to said transverse brace.

5. A golf bag comprising an elongated tubular body provided with a top band, a handle attached to said body below said top band, and a rigid transverse brace connected inedially Wit-h said handle, and atits ends to said body.

G. A golf bag comprising an elongated body provided with a top band and having stays therealong, a handle attached to said body below said top band and intermediate a pair of stays, and a rigid transverse brace connected niedially with said handle and at its ends to said stays.

.7. A `gol'tl bag comprising an elongated tubular body having sta-ys therealong, a reeniiorceinent extending therealong, a handle attached to said reen't'orceinent and a rigid transverse brace connected inedially With said reentorceinent and at its ends to said body stays.

8. A golf bag comprising an elongated Body having stays therealong, a reen'torceinentextendingl therealeng between a pair of stays,a handle attached to said reenforcenient, and a rigid transverse brace connected inedialiy with said reent'orceinent and at its ends to said body stays.

En testimony Whereotl aix my signature this 16th day o'r' January, 1924.

E. J. BRAUER. 

